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alternate or they are simultaneous. 1985 i became aware united states was doing the same thing in central america that we have been doing inand vietnam and indochina. i set out to write a book on vietnam i studied the war and thought about it and what did i know from being in the movement that was quite a lot? and at some point* in thet process of realized nobody wanted in as say.a they wanted a personalrs story. i wrote that in the '80s.ati however i was not satisfied because a friend of mine said the four year-oldbe always beats up on the 20ry year-old so i put the book away for 15 years. then 2003 the united states started another war and i thought that this time the, movie came out called the weather underground and i was featured in the movie oddly enough with some strange coincidence that these would happen together and the first time i gave an interview 1999. i found young people wanted tote know the story and what it was about. i was going around to dozens of college campuses in answering questions. i sat down to write the story this time and i took the manuscript out of the closet litera
alternate or they are simultaneous. 1985 i became aware united states was doing the same thing in central america that we have been doing inand vietnam and indochina. i set out to write a book on vietnam i studied the war and thought about it and what did i know from being in the movement that was quite a lot? and at some point* in thet process of realized nobody wanted in as say.a they wanted a personalrs story. i wrote that in the '80s.ati however i was not satisfied because a friend of mine...
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teach for america really isn't about -- we are about, teachers are critical, but teach for america is about building a movement amount our country's future leaders to say we have to change the way our education system is fundamentally, and i think in your article in the new yorker about, about the formation of movements captured the whole theory of teach. it's the experience of teaching successfully in ways that, i know, i think we're creating a core of people who are absolutely determined to expand the opportunities facing kids in the most absolutely, you know, economically disadvantaged communities. you know, who are pouring themselves into their work and trying to put their kids on a different path and having varying levels of success and taking from that experience, incredible lesson. you know, they realize through their firsthand experience the challenges the kids face, the potential they have, and they realize it's ultimately possible to solve the problem, and that experience is not only important for their kids, but completely transformational for them. of course, they are all
teach for america really isn't about -- we are about, teachers are critical, but teach for america is about building a movement amount our country's future leaders to say we have to change the way our education system is fundamentally, and i think in your article in the new yorker about, about the formation of movements captured the whole theory of teach. it's the experience of teaching successfully in ways that, i know, i think we're creating a core of people who are absolutely determined to...
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in 1985i became aware that the united states was doing this and then in central america that we had been doing, that our government had been giving and vietnam and indochina. so i set out to write a book on vietnam. i studied the war in vietnam and thought about it and fought, what did i know about it from having been in that anti-war movement, which actually was quite a lot. it occurred at some point in the process, i realized that nobody wanted essays. they wanted a story, a personal story. i wrote that in the 80's. however, i was not satisfied with it because a friend of mine said, well, a 40-year-old always beating up on a 20-year-old in the story. i put the book away for 15 years. then in 2003 the united states started another war. i thought, well, and this time, though, the movie came out called the weather underground. i happened to be featured in the movie under not -- oddly enough. some strange coincidence that these things would happen together. it was the first time i gave an interview, 1999. and i found that young people really wanted to know the story. they wanted to know wh
in 1985i became aware that the united states was doing this and then in central america that we had been doing, that our government had been giving and vietnam and indochina. so i set out to write a book on vietnam. i studied the war in vietnam and thought about it and fought, what did i know about it from having been in that anti-war movement, which actually was quite a lot. it occurred at some point in the process, i realized that nobody wanted essays. they wanted a story, a personal story. i...
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but when you get to the interior of north america, this is for summer, the temperature rise is in excess of five celsius and colorado does not look very good, naturally in those terms. so, what this suggests - and more than one model shows the same kind of behavior and i'll show you : tha. but this is a transit of southern california showing you the temperature rise across this area, and you see this tremendous gradient of temperature increase as you get in land. of course, that has a profound influence - or would have on all sorts of things including probably water, eco systems, forest fires, human health, all sorts of issues. this is a facet of the latest generations of climate models that really was not recognized five years back or so and whether or not this is going to be um... - this is going to be verified and confirmed by future model runs that's a question, but it looks like land properties, because of the drying that brad mentioned feeding back to the summertime atmosphere, and perhaps causing a potential worse problem to deal within the warm season. next one. this is four diff
but when you get to the interior of north america, this is for summer, the temperature rise is in excess of five celsius and colorado does not look very good, naturally in those terms. so, what this suggests - and more than one model shows the same kind of behavior and i'll show you : tha. but this is a transit of southern california showing you the temperature rise across this area, and you see this tremendous gradient of temperature increase as you get in land. of course, that has a profound...
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rule the air on the fastest most advanced 4g network in america. >>> and welcome back to the verison wrap up show. now it's time to do night moves as you watch the tournament wide l down to 32 after tonight. long island university and the blackbirds chirps early on. ties it at 33. in the blink of an eye, the tar heels are back in front for good. harrison barnes, they heeled up at the break. big tyler zeller dropped in 32 as the tarheels move on. it will be carolina and washington in the shirred round, but the huskies, georgia. takes over the second half. 15 of the 19 points coming out of the brake. missed a free throw that would have iced it. watch moves on 68-65 the final. >> george mason tangs down villanova. the wildcats finish the game on a six game winning streak. marquette with the upset over xavier. they'll face syracuse in a matchup. top seed, it's easily takes care of boston university. illinois advances over, they get the j hawks next. upsetting georgetown. they will now face off purr tie. 57-0. they will take on notre dame. >> don't forget, more exiting action there the me
rule the air on the fastest most advanced 4g network in america. >>> and welcome back to the verison wrap up show. now it's time to do night moves as you watch the tournament wide l down to 32 after tonight. long island university and the blackbirds chirps early on. ties it at 33. in the blink of an eye, the tar heels are back in front for good. harrison barnes, they heeled up at the break. big tyler zeller dropped in 32 as the tarheels move on. it will be carolina and washington in...
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. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a change? i'm not really doin' anything. ummmm [sighs] got me on that one... >> this morning, everyone, and welcome to the 2010 s justice some of. there must be justice. i want to begin -- to the 2010 justice summit. there must be justice. i want to begin by welcoming you. i am a public defender here in san francisco, and i will be overseeing the first part of the program today. we are going to be talking about something is called ordinary in justice. if you look if the word, it says, an unjust act, and within the criminal justice system, there are a lot of fun just as if that occur. we just do not hear about them. -- a lot of unjust acts that occur. we have probably all heard there have been 150 human beings who have been exonerated after being sent to d
. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a change? i'm not really doin' anything. ummmm [sighs] got me on that one... >> this morning, everyone, and welcome to the 2010 s justice some of. there...
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, i am co- founder of united taxicabs workers, a group associated with the communication workers of america. the reason that i am appearing here today is to give you a little bit of a heads up that we have some problems with getting crime statistics information on what is happening with the tax on their drivers. there has been a number of attacks lately. i wish i could inform you of the number but that is part of the problem, this is a vicious circle. i have been in contact with the director who is currently on jury duty. what i was told at one time is that there was roughly about four incidents on cabdriver in the last six months. somehow, these have fallen through the cracks. i could understand why it was not classified as an attack on a cab driver. one of our cabdrivers' was on 17 and south and he was robbed. this has been listed as an attack on a cab driver. he went to the mission statement. we need to get to these things reported fairly quickly. i might come back to you again or perhaps the mta again but this is like a bureaucratic maze. we are entitled to protection. 864-8294, you can
, i am co- founder of united taxicabs workers, a group associated with the communication workers of america. the reason that i am appearing here today is to give you a little bit of a heads up that we have some problems with getting crime statistics information on what is happening with the tax on their drivers. there has been a number of attacks lately. i wish i could inform you of the number but that is part of the problem, this is a vicious circle. i have been in contact with the director...
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teach for america really isn't about -- we are about, teachers are critical, but teach for america is about building a movement amount our country's future leaders to say we have to change the way our education system is fundamentally, and i think in your article in the new yorker about, about the formation of movements captured the whole theory of teach. it's the experience of teaching successfully in ways that, i know, i think we're creating a core of people who are absolutely determined to expand the opportunities facing kids in the most absolutely, you know, economically disadvantaged communities. you know, who are pouring themselves into their work and trying to put their kids on a different path and having varying levels of success and taking from that experience, incredible lesson. you know, they realize through their firsthand experience the challenges the kids face, the potential they have, and they realize it's ultimately possible to solve the problem, and that experience is not only important for their kids, but completely transformational for them. of course, they are all
teach for america really isn't about -- we are about, teachers are critical, but teach for america is about building a movement amount our country's future leaders to say we have to change the way our education system is fundamentally, and i think in your article in the new yorker about, about the formation of movements captured the whole theory of teach. it's the experience of teaching successfully in ways that, i know, i think we're creating a core of people who are absolutely determined to...
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in the otherwise strong tech industry, america online will lay off 900 workers, 20% of its work force, trading at the lowest level since it re-entered the public market. stocks went sharply south today, more uncertainty in the market and oil. add them together, you have a rough day for your money. a silicon valley company has new tools to help if you're looking for work. we'll take you inside linkedin and show you what it found for your next job, all about tapping into your social network and making yourself stand out in an increasingly competitive job environment. >> thank you. the budget governor brown had on tap for today will likely happen monday. he changed the deadline saying he was making progress with republicans whose votes he needs to pass his budget plan. they do support the budget cuts but many democrats say they're too severe and will hurt the state's most vulnerable. republicans are balking at tax increases or extensions democrats are reluctantly accepting. brown has proposed equal doses of cuts and taxes through next year to shrink the state's $25 billion deficit. >>> f
in the otherwise strong tech industry, america online will lay off 900 workers, 20% of its work force, trading at the lowest level since it re-entered the public market. stocks went sharply south today, more uncertainty in the market and oil. add them together, you have a rough day for your money. a silicon valley company has new tools to help if you're looking for work. we'll take you inside linkedin and show you what it found for your next job, all about tapping into your social network and...
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jet blue, air tran, and virgin america are also among the pack to include the $10 hike. the rising costs of fuel is to blame like we said, for the sixth price hike this year. >>> texting, talking, web surfing behind the wheel. millions are still doing and it most don't even think it's dangerous. a new consumer report poll found 63% of people under the age of 30 still talk to a handheld phone while they drive. 30% admit to texting while behind the wheel. only 30% think the behavior is dangerous. in a similar study by state farm, 19% of drivers admitted they surf the web on their smart phone while driving. according to the u.s. department of transportation, 5,500 people in the u.s. were killed by a distracted driver in 2009. >>> okay. let's bring in our chief meteorologist, jeff ranieri when we're talking about the weather. >> i have my blind orders and i'm focused right on those numbers in that radar. we are looking at a little change tonight. we did enjoy a little bit of sunshine today. it was like three to five hours for many of you. the clouds have rolled back in for s
jet blue, air tran, and virgin america are also among the pack to include the $10 hike. the rising costs of fuel is to blame like we said, for the sixth price hike this year. >>> texting, talking, web surfing behind the wheel. millions are still doing and it most don't even think it's dangerous. a new consumer report poll found 63% of people under the age of 30 still talk to a handheld phone while they drive. 30% admit to texting while behind the wheel. only 30% think the behavior is...
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would that mean to the dcipients across america?it it would mean less coverage, a less care, it doesn't have to. i always use as an illustratione the average cost for medicare beneficiaries in my home town of average springfield illinois the average $8,000. up okay? looker what to chicago, specialty hospitals and higher cost of living cos it's not 78,s eight to $10,000 a year for thee average medicare beneficiary. but then you go to miami and ths number is 14 to $15,000 a year.y why the t difference between chicago and miami? ask. there bet is there a better care and florida or just more expensive care? nn we bring theca cost of the care down and not compromise the quality of the care hardto hav questions the the only questiont is the account if you want tofie doesn't sacrifice the basic benefits. i would say to senator mcconneln is he quoted me i guess earlier in the statement but i wasn't on the floor. yesterday i said i was propose y supporting of the house republican budget with the budget proposed by senator is inouye.he this b
would that mean to the dcipients across america?it it would mean less coverage, a less care, it doesn't have to. i always use as an illustratione the average cost for medicare beneficiaries in my home town of average springfield illinois the average $8,000. up okay? looker what to chicago, specialty hospitals and higher cost of living cos it's not 78,s eight to $10,000 a year for thee average medicare beneficiary. but then you go to miami and ths number is 14 to $15,000 a year.y why the t...
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that is what america is about. we are a place that plays every child, no matter where they come from, can grow up to be anything they want to. katherine, roberto, or a skinny kid with a funny name like barack obama can grow up to the president of the united states. that is who we are. that is the commitment we make to the next generation. i am confident that if we fix no child left behind come if we continue to reform american education, continue to invest in our children park's future, that is the american we will always be. thank you. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. [applause] ["stars and stripes forever"] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ ["stars and stripes forever"] ♪ ♪ ["stars and stripes forever"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> in the 21st century, it is not enough to leave no job behind. we need to help every child get ahead. we need to get every child on a path to academic excel
that is what america is about. we are a place that plays every child, no matter where they come from, can grow up to be anything they want to. katherine, roberto, or a skinny kid with a funny name like barack obama can grow up to the president of the united states. that is who we are. that is the commitment we make to the next generation. i am confident that if we fix no child left behind come if we continue to reform american education, continue to invest in our children park's future, that is...
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what will that mean to the medicare recipients across america? does it mean less coverage, less care? it doesn't have to. i always use as an illustration the average cost per medicare beneficiary in my hometown of springfield, illinois, the average annual cost is between $7,000 and $8,000. you go up to chicago, more specialty hospitals, higher cost of living, it is $8,000 to $10,000 a year for the average medicare beneficiary. then you go down to miami and the number is $14,000 to $15,000. why the dramatic difference between chicago and miami? that's a question we ought to ask. is there better care in florida or just more expensive care? can we bring the cost of that care down and not compromise the quality of the care? hard questions but the only questions that count if you want to have reform in medicare that doesn't sacrifice the basic benefits. what i would say to senator mcconnell is this: yesterday he quoted me earlier in a statement. i wasn't on the floor. yesterday i said that i was supporting not the house republican budget, but the budg
what will that mean to the medicare recipients across america? does it mean less coverage, less care? it doesn't have to. i always use as an illustration the average cost per medicare beneficiary in my hometown of springfield, illinois, the average annual cost is between $7,000 and $8,000. you go up to chicago, more specialty hospitals, higher cost of living, it is $8,000 to $10,000 a year for the average medicare beneficiary. then you go down to miami and the number is $14,000 to $15,000. why...
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it will start at noon tomorrow and air on "good morning america." there are tickets to the free concert listed on craigslist, priced from 25 to 100 each. >> we will see a little bit of sun tomorrow morning before another system brings us light rain. i can tell you that napa is report go clear skies and clear skies in concord. a few clouds hanging over the city by the bay this evening. temperature-wise, 46. 46 in antioch. livermore, 48. san francisco 50. 50 in san jose. here is a look at highlights. partly cloudy conditions and watch out for patchy fog overnight. take the rain out tonight but put it back in sunday afternoon and beyond that, get ready for a dry and warmer weather pattern for next week. live doppler 7 hd, if you are seeing anything at all it will be mist and drizzle near the coast. napa reporting clear skies, down to 42 degrees. oakland, 46, 42 for livermore. this is the cold and showers that have exited the state. this will be next weather maker, a very weak, i want to stress weak cold front. it will deliver light rain, mainly around
it will start at noon tomorrow and air on "good morning america." there are tickets to the free concert listed on craigslist, priced from 25 to 100 each. >> we will see a little bit of sun tomorrow morning before another system brings us light rain. i can tell you that napa is report go clear skies and clear skies in concord. a few clouds hanging over the city by the bay this evening. temperature-wise, 46. 46 in antioch. livermore, 48. san francisco 50. 50 in san jose. here is a...
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our family will in some little way serve to make atlanta a better city, georgia a better state and america a better country. just how i do not yet know, but i have the faith to believe it will. and if i am right, then our suffering is not in vain. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> coming up on booktv, william coon recalls the publishing career of jacqueline kennedy onassis who worked as an editor for doubleday and viking. mr. coon reports that her project selection as an editor mirrored her own personal interests. among these were a history of thomas jefferson and his relationship with sally hemings. a book on the assassination of john lennon, and even an effort to convince michael jackson to write a memoir. >> i want to tell you, begin by telling you a little story about what a nosey biographer does when he's invited over to your house for the first time. you offer me -- i may know you not very well, you offer me a cup of coffee or a cup of tea, maybe a glass of wine, and you go into the kitchen to get it for me, and while you're out of the room i sidle ove
our family will in some little way serve to make atlanta a better city, georgia a better state and america a better country. just how i do not yet know, but i have the faith to believe it will. and if i am right, then our suffering is not in vain. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> coming up on booktv, william coon recalls the publishing career of jacqueline kennedy onassis who worked as an editor for doubleday and viking. mr. coon reports that her...
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whether she was a 23-year-old from ming china or a 26-year-old in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle drinking shots with other preadult weekend. they were married and they had children and they had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now let's look at the numbers. notice that in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little less than 21. today, it's 26 and 28 but that's a little bit misleading, actually, because the numbers for college-educated and those -- even those with some graduate school education are much considerably higher. for women with a b.a. the average age is about 27. for women with a master's or professionals degree -- professional degree it's about 30. now, this means we have a historically high percentage of single people in their 20s and early 30s. this gives you a little bit of an idea. now, unlike almost any other decade we're looking at here, the majority of 25 years old are
whether she was a 23-year-old from ming china or a 26-year-old in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle drinking shots with other preadult weekend. they were married and they had children and they had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now let's look at the numbers. notice that in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little...
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we alone valpac one of the direct marketing firms in north america. thank you for this opportunity to testify. ended is a looming crisis. we have been in the business for 42 years. we pioneered the concept of local cooperative direct mail in the united states. valpak is don't buy cox enterprises in atlanta which is one of the largest media conglomerate in the united states. valpak represents direct franchised employees. each year we assist more than 54,000 small businesses from local mom-and-pops to large national companies. today valpak delivers sales to forty million households each month and each year, our familiar blue envelope carries some $20 billion in money-saving offers in five hundred million envelopes. three years ago we opened the $220 million facility in st. petersburg to accommodate our growth for the future. our company has entered the digital space in the on line and mobile cubaning business. this will allow us to reach new customers with product and continue to serve as a leader in the industry. our digital strategy is will complement
we alone valpac one of the direct marketing firms in north america. thank you for this opportunity to testify. ended is a looming crisis. we have been in the business for 42 years. we pioneered the concept of local cooperative direct mail in the united states. valpak is don't buy cox enterprises in atlanta which is one of the largest media conglomerate in the united states. valpak represents direct franchised employees. each year we assist more than 54,000 small businesses from local...
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we had conferences for all the south america, central america and mexico canada and the united states. bringing mayors together talking about the same issues how we can work together in best practices. our global forum. we have over 28 sister cities. historically based on immigration. that was historical the wave of germans and swedes and the way eastern europeans and in turn the wave of chinese and mexicans. we had different way so historically sister cities and now we are doing business sister cities and relationship of not just our city but the metropolitan area. the relationship and how important that fits into this whole global vision for chicago in the region which is really important. revisiting china -- i will be visiting china very shortly for an almost two weeks of visiting about six or seven cities. for tourism to come to chicago and for the business community of china to make chicago the area for the center of operation, to say that we'd want to be the gateway of china in chicago in the region. we want to be the friendliest city for the chinese community and those that are
we had conferences for all the south america, central america and mexico canada and the united states. bringing mayors together talking about the same issues how we can work together in best practices. our global forum. we have over 28 sister cities. historically based on immigration. that was historical the wave of germans and swedes and the way eastern europeans and in turn the wave of chinese and mexicans. we had different way so historically sister cities and now we are doing business...
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of america didn't pay its taxes in two thousand and nine bank of america made four point poor for billion dollars in profit money left over after the end of the year and paid zero taxes that's right not none zero which maybe that's why the bank could afford handing over a nine million dollars bonus to their c.e.o. brian brian moynihan back in january even president bob king justified the u.a.w. as protest by saying quote anything that would help the middle class bank of america posed when workers are struggling to pay childcare and feed their families bank of america in two thousand and ten made seventeen and a half billion dollars from credit card a.t.m. fees. similarly the new york times reported today that america's largest corporation g.e. made fourteen billion dollars internationally and over five billion dollars in the united states again in profits and the money left over after it everybody else everything else but instead of owing taxes they got a three billion dollar tax benefit that's as in from you and me so how is it that an extremely profitable corporation like bank of americ
of america didn't pay its taxes in two thousand and nine bank of america made four point poor for billion dollars in profit money left over after the end of the year and paid zero taxes that's right not none zero which maybe that's why the bank could afford handing over a nine million dollars bonus to their c.e.o. brian brian moynihan back in january even president bob king justified the u.a.w. as protest by saying quote anything that would help the middle class bank of america posed when...
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these people are ready to die and the other half willing to be created as [ inaudible ] against america. >> reporter: with the u.s. and others providing air cover for the rebels the pro gadhafi forces have fallen back. but the rebel forbess have not been able to mount a significant offensive of their own. mark phillips, cbs news, tripoli. >>> in the bay area, a teenager shot at a san jose fast food restaurant died. ruben cortez jr. was shot execution style in front of a mcdonald's last week. he was taken off life support yesterday. the video you see here caught the suspected shooter running away from the scene. so far, no arrests. police have not identified any suspects. police do say that the shooting may have been gang related >>> parent have new remss to follow for keeping kids safe in the car. why it means keeping children in the car seat or booster seat longer than they might want. >> with four kids under 8 years old, the hill family is no stranger to car seats. however they fought the latest guidelines from the american academy of pediatrics were more scary than safe. >> it is rid
these people are ready to die and the other half willing to be created as [ inaudible ] against america. >> reporter: with the u.s. and others providing air cover for the rebels the pro gadhafi forces have fallen back. but the rebel forbess have not been able to mount a significant offensive of their own. mark phillips, cbs news, tripoli. >>> in the bay area, a teenager shot at a san jose fast food restaurant died. ruben cortez jr. was shot execution style in front of a...
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getting a look at north america here, still looking pretty active out toward the east here. severe weathers still a threat for those of you in the deep south. so watch out. keep updated with local watches and wain. also winter storm conditions will continue across the new england states and eastern canada tonight. while out west contending with mo sw at gngo me in. so for the pacific northwest looking at ample snow, especially for those upper elevations. still on the il se. to 6 for your high in vancouver, and the same also in seattle. a little bit of rain but we could see a little snow min in as it is getting cooler in the morning hours. up to the east 1 for toronto and 6 in new york. 9 degrees for c. so little bit cooler here. 17, meanwhile, in atlanta, and 22 degrees and pleasant in usn. all right. that's a look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our ad story, a senior united nations official says more than 1,000 people may have been killed in the libyan capital of tripoli since anti-government protests erupted about two weeks ago
getting a look at north america here, still looking pretty active out toward the east here. severe weathers still a threat for those of you in the deep south. so watch out. keep updated with local watches and wain. also winter storm conditions will continue across the new england states and eastern canada tonight. while out west contending with mo sw at gngo me in. so for the pacific northwest looking at ample snow, especially for those upper elevations. still on the il se. to 6 for your high...
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the united states of america is a country of opportunity. [applause] >> don't be shy. >> definitely the united states is a land of opportunity. has been and probably will be for some time. the thing that i observed, my grandfather was an immigrant himself. a i am as well. the thing i observe is when i came here, when my grandfather came here we lost our barry in tibet tie to our country. we started thinking united states is our country. very rich culture of this diversified land, diversified population, this is our country. i am wondering what effect is this going to have when we see the united states states begin to for example speak spanish and english becomes a second language. how do we maintained our culture, how do we maintain the diversity and keep the land of the land of opportunity? >> i will go ahead. i think that as with most things i have experienced in life i think there is room and opportunity for everything. i don't think that one faint needs to be replaced completely by another. i think that in a civil -- in a country of educ
the united states of america is a country of opportunity. [applause] >> don't be shy. >> definitely the united states is a land of opportunity. has been and probably will be for some time. the thing that i observed, my grandfather was an immigrant himself. a i am as well. the thing i observe is when i came here, when my grandfather came here we lost our barry in tibet tie to our country. we started thinking united states is our country. very rich culture of this diversified land,...
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america i'm christine first i want to thank you so much for watching and we will be back here in thirty minutes. more news today violence is once again put up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations around the day. wealthy british style. market dynamics come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into all kinds of reports on r.g.p. . tom arriving here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. download the official ante up location. called touch from the i choose option. which all cheat like on the go. video on demand keys minefield calls and says feeds now in the palm of your. question. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world are. we going to the future or covered. was was . the bar i had to describe chicago's food market for theater play up was was i thought it would be easy to get the in a serious information by asking a few special a stockbroker first. was was was ri
america i'm christine first i want to thank you so much for watching and we will be back here in thirty minutes. more news today violence is once again put up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations around the day. wealthy british style. market dynamics come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into all kinds of reports on r.g.p. . tom...
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so i first set foot in america in pearl harbor. and so i arrive inside the navy housing at pearl harbor, the daughter of an enlisted serviceman who was a valet. that's what you wanted if you were a filipino, to be a valet or steward in the homes of the admiral, and i began my american journey. here i am on my fifth birthday with my other class mates there, the girls in the neighborhood and my little brother who's rather confused where he fits in, but he found his way. [laughter] so that really began my ethnic journey. one of the things i struggled with was trying to fit in. your height, your size, your color, et, et, don't set the stereotype of what's typically american. you constantly struggle to find a place where you really fit in. i learned to resolve this by saying, you know, it's not so bad being the underdog. first of all, you know, you look different, people remember you, right? and you're also hungry for opportunities because you want to move out of your condition. you don't want to be poor again. you don't want people to
so i first set foot in america in pearl harbor. and so i arrive inside the navy housing at pearl harbor, the daughter of an enlisted serviceman who was a valet. that's what you wanted if you were a filipino, to be a valet or steward in the homes of the admiral, and i began my american journey. here i am on my fifth birthday with my other class mates there, the girls in the neighborhood and my little brother who's rather confused where he fits in, but he found his way. [laughter] so that really...
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as you are well aware, protecting american businesses and america as workers from illegal imports is key component of cbp's mission. unfortunately, the agency has been unable to prevent chinese shippers from evading paying dues on many of their shipments into the united states. in november, senate investigators posing as business owners easily found ten chinese companies willing and able to sneak merchandise into the united states to avoid paying duties, which have been imposed to protect more than 120 domestic companies and 12,000 u.s. workers from unfairly traded imports. also, steel industry investigators recently discovered a consimet of tubing bound for the los angeles used market again to avoid detection of the required duties. this failure to address industrial smuggling as you know is costing american jobs robbing our treasury of much needed revenue. what is preventing cbp from doing a better job of addressing this thre posed by chinese illegal imports? and what is it that you are doing to address this and how can we be helpful? >> i would say that of many changes that the se
as you are well aware, protecting american businesses and america as workers from illegal imports is key component of cbp's mission. unfortunately, the agency has been unable to prevent chinese shippers from evading paying dues on many of their shipments into the united states. in november, senate investigators posing as business owners easily found ten chinese companies willing and able to sneak merchandise into the united states to avoid paying duties, which have been imposed to protect more...
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unions lead us to a less secure air travel in america here to offer his take on the issue map atterson contributor at pajamas media at welcome to the program great and i see you what is it that you hate about democracy. unions are democratic institutions in the workplace workplaces are not democratic well actually that's not true i mean i feel that the union movement in america has been very anti-democratic for a long time people like their leaders the they vote on their own rules they vote on whatever they're going to ask for whatever they're going to give up its majority rule out of what you're going to you mean much more democratic you're giving states senators in wisconsin who are elected to do a job who flee for them because they're union members not as a matter of a union. but they're fleeing democracy to pay their union masters and on to vote for this wisconsin whether they're not a member of a union first of all and secondly i don't know that it has in a do it or you know. masters union message if you don't think that by the way to either show we call scott which we call david
unions lead us to a less secure air travel in america here to offer his take on the issue map atterson contributor at pajamas media at welcome to the program great and i see you what is it that you hate about democracy. unions are democratic institutions in the workplace workplaces are not democratic well actually that's not true i mean i feel that the union movement in america has been very anti-democratic for a long time people like their leaders the they vote on their own rules they vote on...
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caller: i am for america going in to help with this war. if you know your bible, it tells you all about it in ezekiel 37, 38, and 39, what is going to happen. host: how does it play into libya? caller: they will come from the north, the south, the east, and the west. host: democrats line. caller: we have to be very careful. look at a country and what they are doing to the palestinians. we have to be ready. we have to look at the no-fly zone. we need to look at what is happening. [unintelligible] if we do it for the palestinian region, we should do it for this the same. host: how are you with the stance we have taken? caller: if we are doing it for humanitarian reasons, the finale. [unintelligible] we have to do it for the israelis, the saudis. host: would you approve it if we had to step up our involvement? caller: you have to be very careful about sending in ground troops. you know some countries that are not going to back up. host: this is off of twitter. michigan, republican line. caller: good morning. you are the finest of c-span. thank
caller: i am for america going in to help with this war. if you know your bible, it tells you all about it in ezekiel 37, 38, and 39, what is going to happen. host: how does it play into libya? caller: they will come from the north, the south, the east, and the west. host: democrats line. caller: we have to be very careful. look at a country and what they are doing to the palestinians. we have to be ready. we have to look at the no-fly zone. we need to look at what is happening....
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the health risk to north america is little to none. jonathan bloom, kron4. >> there is a run on certain medications and supplements that could help in a nuclear fallout situation. store manager easy they are sold out of potassium iodine. this was the scene at the berkeley bowl grocery store today. you can see empty spots along the the shelves where the potassium and iodine products used to be. store workers say they will be getting more products later this week and said there are other ways to get iodine if you really need it. >> potassium iodine gives you the most protection for your thyroid so anything with potassium and iodine are selling well, any of our mineral products, but anything kelp-related is selling, because you can find iodine in kelp and other kinds of seaweed, nori, even though it's more available if you take iodine itself. >> we have posted a link to the official information on potassium iodine on our website. you can see exactly what it does to the body and a list of people with conditions who should not take it. that
the health risk to north america is little to none. jonathan bloom, kron4. >> there is a run on certain medications and supplements that could help in a nuclear fallout situation. store manager easy they are sold out of potassium iodine. this was the scene at the berkeley bowl grocery store today. you can see empty spots along the the shelves where the potassium and iodine products used to be. store workers say they will be getting more products later this week and said there are other...
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georgette, a better state and america a better country. house? i do not yet know but i have the faith to believe it will for about f if i am right, than our suffering is not in vain. booktv.org. here are a few upcoming book fairs and festivals from around the country. this weekend, we are live at the tucson festival of books. visit booktv.org for the schedule of events. book tv is airing several events live online on thursday the 17th and friday the 18th. simply visit booktv.org and click the watch icon to view the event. for the schedule of programs that'll be live on book tv, check the program section of the page. in march, the patchwork tales story telling festivals happens in rockville, skiers. it begins march 17. is there a book festival near you? e-mail the name, date, and website of the event to booktv@c-span.org. >> why are white people called caucasian? have any of you asked yourself that? do you know why? no, and this was why? no. that is when it is still happening the russians and in chechnya the caucuses were having a tremendous strug
georgette, a better state and america a better country. house? i do not yet know but i have the faith to believe it will for about f if i am right, than our suffering is not in vain. booktv.org. here are a few upcoming book fairs and festivals from around the country. this weekend, we are live at the tucson festival of books. visit booktv.org for the schedule of events. book tv is airing several events live online on thursday the 17th and friday the 18th. simply visit booktv.org and click the...
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not necessarily the type of film that is a perfect fit for mainstream america. and yet it resonated hugely with the country. what is it about a story that makes you know or feel that it will resonate with an audience? >> it was emotional. and that's how i felt when i did -- the first best picture i had was "the english patient." the second one "shakespeare in love." you think about it. people used to say to me anything with the name shakespeare in it was a definite financial bomb. this film ended up grossing 300 million worldwide. "the english patient too." it's a period piece. to me it's about the emotions. this story about a king and a so-called commoner who is defiant to his king, and a king who learns to love life himself and gets over bullying. you can't miss with a story like that, in my opinion. and yet everybody always says to me make ironman. make some marvel comic book story. that's not what i'm about. that's not what appeals to me. >> what is going on right now in the business? it seems everyone is trying to come up with films that can go 3-d, can, yo
not necessarily the type of film that is a perfect fit for mainstream america. and yet it resonated hugely with the country. what is it about a story that makes you know or feel that it will resonate with an audience? >> it was emotional. and that's how i felt when i did -- the first best picture i had was "the english patient." the second one "shakespeare in love." you think about it. people used to say to me anything with the name shakespeare in it was a definite...
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segÚn el asesor principal sobre amÉrica latina en la casa blanca, no se adelanta la fecha de esta visita como resultado del ataque a los agentes de ice. >> pero estÁ haciendo mÉxico lo suficiente contra el narcotrÁfico? >> todos podemos hacer mÁs. y nosotros estamos cada dÍa en la relaciÓn bilateral que nuestras relaciones hemisfÉricas buscando cÓmo mejorar nuestros esfuerzos. >> la casa blanca al igual que muchos mexicanos que participaron en la encuesta de univisiÓn en ese paÍs piensa que el narcotrÁfico es un problema compartido en parte por el consumo de las drogas en territorio norteamericano y por la corrupciÓn en mÉxico. >> nosotros tenemos que hacer mÁs para reducir la demanda aquÍ en los estados unidos, es la razÓn por la cual hemos aumentado nuestras inversiones en programas que hacen exactamente eso. >> para este experto en el tema la agenda es muy amplia. >> yo veo esto como una oportunidad de lima asperezas, como dicen popularmente en mexico es un momento donde dos vecinos,2 buenos amigos tienen que hablar de cara a cara. >> para esta congresista el diÁlogo
segÚn el asesor principal sobre amÉrica latina en la casa blanca, no se adelanta la fecha de esta visita como resultado del ataque a los agentes de ice. >> pero estÁ haciendo mÉxico lo suficiente contra el narcotrÁfico? >> todos podemos hacer mÁs. y nosotros estamos cada dÍa en la relaciÓn bilateral que nuestras relaciones hemisfÉricas buscando cÓmo mejorar nuestros esfuerzos. >> la casa blanca al igual que muchos mexicanos que participaron en la encuesta de...
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. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> he's one of america's favorite singer/songwriters. with four albums and grammys under his belt, john legend is making the music world by storm. now he's trying to wake up the world with his new album, and an ailing school system. ♪ ♪ >> i was think budget first time i actually saw you perform. it was about 12 years ago in a small club in philadelphia called the black lily, and i was thinking about the journey from being in a small venue like that to being a six-time grammy award winner and being "time" magazine's most influential. how does that happen? what's that journey been like? >> i've been a musician since i was a kid. i wanted to be a star when i was a kid, but i started making concrete moves in that direction when i was at school at penn, and i met a few people along the way that really helped me. i met kanye in 2001, and he was very instrumental, obviously, in launching me. he signed me to his label, but before he even signed me, he brought me in on a lot of the work that he was doing. he was working on college dropout an
. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> he's one of america's favorite singer/songwriters. with four albums and grammys under his belt, john legend is making the music world by storm. now he's trying to wake up the world with his new album, and an ailing school system. ♪ ♪ >> i was think budget first time i actually saw you perform. it was about 12 years ago in a small club in philadelphia called the black lily, and i was thinking about the journey from being in a small venue like that to being a...
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latina por eso, quisiera plantearles que américa latina está hoy día más preparada que nunca para dejar atrás el sub-desarrollo que nos acompaña en nuestros 200 años de vida de independencia >>> habló de una nueva alianza con los países de latinoamérica >>> no olvidemos que el futuro está siendo forjado todos los días por la gente de latinoamérica, porque ya no es el estereotipo de un pueblo atrapado, el mundo debe reconocer a latinoamérica, por el crecimiento y dinámica >>> dijo que américa latina ha crecido mucho, que no era lo mismo que antes >>> tras la recepción de esta noche el presidente barack obama parte mañana a el salvador y en ese lugar, también la atención estará centrada en los comentarios que podrá hacer sobre las acciones militares en libia, esto es lo que más ha preocupado a los medios de comunicación >>> gracias, alberto desde santiago de chile, y en otra noticia en la crisis de libia, tan solo horas después de despedir al presidente, la presidenta de brasil, pide un cese del fuego efectivo en libia, asegura que no se está cumpliendo la misión de
latina por eso, quisiera plantearles que américa latina está hoy día más preparada que nunca para dejar atrás el sub-desarrollo que nos acompaña en nuestros 200 años de vida de independencia >>> habló de una nueva alianza con los países de latinoamérica >>> no olvidemos que el futuro está siendo forjado todos los días por la gente de latinoamérica, porque ya no es el estereotipo de un pueblo atrapado, el mundo debe reconocer a latinoamérica, por el crecimiento y...
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the gunman who was barricaded inside the bank of america. here's the map there. police from several north bay departments swarmed the building late this afternoon. the man locked himself inside after letting employees and customers leave the bank. police then set up a command station at a nearby gas station and closed several streets in the area. the man posted signs in the branch windows explaining his financial problems. as we mentioned, he surrendered shortly after 10:00. >>> back to our top story, the mounting crisis at japan's fukushima power plan. the nuclear safety agency said a fire in the reactor at the damaged plant in the tsunami ravaged north eastern region has been extinguished. radiation levels are spiking. japan's prime minister addressed his country a few hours ago, urging calm but acknowledging that radiation had seeped from the plant's number 4 reactor. we warn people living nearby to stay indoors. as the risk rises, japan's economic crisis deepens. the nikkei stock index falling 12% on news of another explosion at that plant. radiation fallout,
the gunman who was barricaded inside the bank of america. here's the map there. police from several north bay departments swarmed the building late this afternoon. the man locked himself inside after letting employees and customers leave the bank. police then set up a command station at a nearby gas station and closed several streets in the area. the man posted signs in the branch windows explaining his financial problems. as we mentioned, he surrendered shortly after 10:00. >>> back...
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transportation for america says 34% of bridges and overpasses are considered deficient in the city. in san mateo county it's 22%. same number for alameda county. santa clara county has 19%. >> as our bridges get older in the state, we're facing a greater and greater backlog of bridges that will at some point need repair in order to be safe. >> cal trans tells us just because a bridge is considered deficient, it does not mean it's in eminent danger, but it does take more work to keep it in use. transportation california says it plans to lobby congress for more federal funds to help fix those problems. >>> all right. it's coming up on 5:00. and it could be a pretty rough commute. both this morning and then this afternoon i think. sal. >>> yeah, i think so. this morning, pam, for sure. we have wind advisories on three bay area bridges. the richmond, san roof female, bay bridge and san mateo bridge. show you live pictures of the commute approaching the bay bridge. certainly heavy rain moving through. some windy conditions. so if you're driving into or out of san francisco or anywhere in
transportation for america says 34% of bridges and overpasses are considered deficient in the city. in san mateo county it's 22%. same number for alameda county. santa clara county has 19%. >> as our bridges get older in the state, we're facing a greater and greater backlog of bridges that will at some point need repair in order to be safe. >> cal trans tells us just because a bridge is considered deficient, it does not mean it's in eminent danger, but it does take more work to keep...
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and i took advantage of that ann so does a good portion of business in america. you can get somebody to work for minimum wage and work anrk eight-hour shift and take a half an hour break and work really hard, and you use that person.n, so i don't know that i would say i'm guilty of it, but maybe -- yeah, i'm guilty of it. and i all felt that when i came to this work after i sold my restaurant and came to this ca work, suddenly what i had heard my employee or fellow workers say came to the forefront, and i really saw that they had many times risked their lives to come to the united states to work.te and in most cases they just want to work. they don't want to live here, they want to earn money, send it home and go home. but what's happened down on the border now makes it very difficult for these people to it return.lt f >> thanks. and that's actually a good lead-in to my next question for sam.qu sam, in addition to the gripping stories of individuals in your books, you make a point that not a whole lot of authors on this side of the border get into, that point bei
and i took advantage of that ann so does a good portion of business in america. you can get somebody to work for minimum wage and work anrk eight-hour shift and take a half an hour break and work really hard, and you use that person.n, so i don't know that i would say i'm guilty of it, but maybe -- yeah, i'm guilty of it. and i all felt that when i came to this work after i sold my restaurant and came to this ca work, suddenly what i had heard my employee or fellow workers say came to the...
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workplaces are not democratic well actually that's not true i mean i feel that the union movement in america has been very anti-democratic for a long time people like their leaders the they voted on their own rules they vote on on whatever they're going to ask for whatever they're going to give up its majority rule with your i don't know you mean much more democratic you're getting state senators in wisconsin who are elected to do it who flee for them because they're union members not a member of a union. but they're fleeing democracy to pay their union masters who don't want them to vote for this wisconsin whether they're not a member of a union first of all and secondly i don't know that it has any do with their union masters union message even though you don't think that by the way have either shall we call scott west or you call david coca scott walker's master well i mean you're of authority on poodles i'm just wondering why don't you have unions gave four hundred million dollars to democratic candidates in the two thousand election cycle would you hadn't it that that makes them a credi
workplaces are not democratic well actually that's not true i mean i feel that the union movement in america has been very anti-democratic for a long time people like their leaders the they voted on their own rules they vote on on whatever they're going to ask for whatever they're going to give up its majority rule with your i don't know you mean much more democratic you're getting state senators in wisconsin who are elected to do it who flee for them because they're union members not a member...
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an attempted bank robbery. 4:30 this afternoon a gunman entered the bank of america on tamalpais drive. police arrived with hostage negotiators and made contact with the robber. emplowy and customers were allowed to leave. after several hours of negotiations the suspect did exit the bank on its own. he is in police custody. >>> now for a look at other stories around the bay area today. >>> tuesday is the last day for teachers. we heard estimates in the oakland area of 540 jobs that could be lost. in san francisco as many as 500. reporting in san bruno, jr stone, kron 4 news. >> reporter: over the weekend thieves broke in to east oakland pride elementary school and ran stacked 30 rooms, getting away with computers, phones and projectors. even a safe was taken. teachers and custodians have been fixing busted windows. officials estimate their total lost in the range of tens of thousands of dollars. maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>> more rain on the way tomorrow morning. tail end of the system extending down the west coast and off shore. plenty of moisture tomorrow morning. the commute is ok
an attempted bank robbery. 4:30 this afternoon a gunman entered the bank of america on tamalpais drive. police arrived with hostage negotiators and made contact with the robber. emplowy and customers were allowed to leave. after several hours of negotiations the suspect did exit the bank on its own. he is in police custody. >>> now for a look at other stories around the bay area today. >>> tuesday is the last day for teachers. we heard estimates in the oakland area of 540 jobs...
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the life blood of america. the immigrants who came and to whom it was very important to get some place. >> and now you know it's the life blood of china too. i have a good fortune of being associated with new york university are are completing a joint partnership with shanghai. we had a lovely delegation of people here and had a culture exchange, and this i truly believe unlikely to me and sort of optimism, i really believe this is the future. i want to thank very much for coming. it's been a pleasure. thank you. [applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> about five years ago, i got a letter from a teacher that i had in 8th grade in chicago. she had saved one of my papers that i had written about thanksgiving. >> she must have liked that. >> she said i kept this all these years because it was one the best papers i got from a student, and i read that paper, and i was going, hey, i was really good. >> what was it about? >> thanksgiving and what it m
the life blood of america. the immigrants who came and to whom it was very important to get some place. >> and now you know it's the life blood of china too. i have a good fortune of being associated with new york university are are completing a joint partnership with shanghai. we had a lovely delegation of people here and had a culture exchange, and this i truly believe unlikely to me and sort of optimism, i really believe this is the future. i want to thank very much for coming. it's...
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the delta is one of the most important stopovers in the united states and western north america for birds and provides critical habitat to the species. under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches it today, and that water is by accident. it comes from
the delta is one of the most important stopovers in the united states and western north america for birds and provides critical habitat to the species. under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches...